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Muscle fine structure may maintain the function of oxidative fibres in haemoglobinless Antarctic fishes

K. M. O'Brien1,*, C. Skilbeck2, B. D. Sidell1 and S. Egginton2,{dagger}

1 School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
2 Department of Physiology, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
* Present address: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA



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  		Fig. 1. Semi-thin sections from (A) G. gibberifrons and (B) C. rastrospinosus pectoral adductor muscle, illustrating the striking difference in fibre cross-sectional area between nototheniids and channichthyids. Scale bars, 100 µm.

 


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  		Fig. 2. Ultra-thin sections from (A) G. gibberifrons and (B) C. rastrospinosus pectoral adductor muscle, illustrating the differences in mitochondrial packing between nototheniids and channichthyids. m, mitochondria; f, myofibrils. Scale bars, 5 µm.

 


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  		Fig. 3. Ultra-thin sections from (A) G. gibberifrons and (B) C. rastrospinosus pectoral adductor muscle, showing the greater mitochondrial cristae density in nototheniids than channichthyids. Scale bars, 2 µm.

 


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  		Fig. 4. Calculated ultrastructural and capillary dimensions per cm3 mitochondria of pectoral adductor muscle from Antarctic fishes. N.c., Notothenia coriiceps; G.g., Gobionotothen gibberifrons; C.a., Chaenocephalus aceratus; C.r., Chionodraco rastrospinosus. Data for G. gibberifrons are taken from the present paper and Londraville and Sidell (1990aGo).

 

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